MBB recruiter reached out for a role. I am close to another offer already. Is it true that the MBB hiring criteria has significantly gone down due to recent hiring spree? I applied for a role couple years back through a referral and never heard back but now recruiters are reaching out directly.

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Interviewing more, but same bar otherwise in terms of interview performance

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The bar to get an interview and the bar to get hired are generally the same - the difference is that we are investing far more people into the pipelines and spending much more effort reviewing profiles. This means the overall number of interviews is going up.

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I used to believe anecdotally that it wasn’t true…referred many good ppl no offers (but all interviews), but then see a lot of other ppl who I’m a bit surprised get offers then question myself. The story we’d like to tell is no but the truth is probably that it has gone down a notch (not crazy, but some).

What seems to have gone down a lot in terms of hiring criteria is the school prestige thing, seem to care a lot less about that these days, probably for the better.

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Anecdotally, yes I believe the criteria have gone down. Source: I’m starting at one next week. 🤡

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Anecdotally, yes. I’ve had four friends—100% of the people I know who applied—-get McKinsey offers in the past six months (two OCR and two experienced hire). At least one shocked me. And I’m surprised just how many Big 4 people on here are reporting MBB offers.

So you are implying everyone at Big 4 are people not smart enough to get into MBB.

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